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Tunisia sentences woman to six months for Koranic Facebook joke |
2020-07-15 |
[Al Ahram] A Tunisian court has sentenced blogger Emna Chargui to six months in prison and a $700 fine for reposting a Facebook joke about the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)![]() written as if it was a Koranic verse. "This is unfair and unjust ... this proves that there is no freedom here," Chargui, 27, told Rooters from home where she had been waiting for the ruling. She plans to appeal as allowed within 10 days. Chargui's sharing of the post in May angered some conservative social media users who demanded punishment in a nation periodically polarised between secular and Islamist political wings since a revolution that introduced democracy nine years ago. Court front man Mohsen Dali said the sentence was on charges of inciting hate between religions and races. The case has brought criticism from rights groups. Saying she was a victim of a "repressive law" that curtailed free speech, |
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Posted by: Frank G 2020-07-15 19:09 |
#2 I'm starting to suspect this whole "Islam" thing is just a prank the Juice played to keep the Arabs down. You can't deny that it worked. |
Posted by: SteveS 2020-07-15 18:42 |
#1 The Koran is a joke. A bad one. |
Posted by: AlanC 2020-07-15 17:36 |